This Dubuque History Wiki Page is the direct result of a partnership between the Dubuque Community School District, Loras College Center for Dubuque History, the City of Dubuque, and LoPot Productions


Click here for a listing of acknowledgements........



For your online reference to Dubuque History, click on the links below.......

Encyclopedia Dubuque


Dubuque - A City At Work (1912-2012)


National Mississippi River Museum



CLICK on the "Dubuque History" or "Dubuque History 2" links below to find MANY HIGH RESOLUTION pictures of Dubuque Monuments, Buildings, and Historical Homes suitable for use with the LCD projector and overhead screen. These would work for a Visual Discovery activity!

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Dubuque History

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Dubuque History 2

Go on a VIRTUAL trip around Dubuque!



Here is a classic video from 1989 - Architecture of Dubuque


Streaming Videos from the City of Dubuque:


1986 Flight Over Dubuque What can you identify in the video?

Carnegie-Stout Public Library 1938

Shot Tower 2011

Five Flags 100 Years



Dubuque Songs By Theme and Chapter.pdf
Dubuque Songs By Theme and Chapter.pdf

Dubuque Songs By Theme and Chapter.pdf

Dubuque's Heritage: Life in Our Own Backyard Music CD

(Copyright LoPot Productions 2002. Use of this music permitted for classroom only. Please contact Lou or Joey Fautsch for permission to use in other ways at school by emailing loujoey@hotmail.com )

My Dubuque
Union Park
Eagle Point Park
Sullivan's Store
Railroad Town
The City of Dubuque
Ticket To Dubuque
Another Railroad Song
Here In My Hometown
My Railroad Men
Back To The Hollow
The Dubuque Emigrating Company
These Everlasting Hills
Grey Eagle
Dubuque's My Home
On The Big Mississippi
Mississippi Sawyer
Dubuque
Antique Dubuque
This is the original CD from the
Dubuque History Kit!
Enjoy the music!

Click here for lyrics to songs featured on Dubuque's Heritage!

Song Lyrics.pdf
Song Lyrics.pdf

Song Lyrics.pdf

Song Lyrics Part 2.pdf
Song Lyrics Part 2.pdf

Song Lyrics Part 2.pdf

Song Lyrics Part 3.pdf
Song Lyrics Part 3.pdf

Song Lyrics Part 3.pdf



Dubuque's Heritage Volume 2: Life in Our Own Backyard Music CD

(Copyright LoPot Productions 2010. Use of this music permitted for classroom only. Please contact Lou or Joey Fautsch for permission to use in other ways at school by emailing loujoey@hotmail.com )

Like the first CD of the same name, the original songs contained here are meant for students and adults to enjoy, have fun with and sing along, while learning some historic information about Dubuque! Some of the songs have an Iowa theme and are meant to help spark an interest as well as create pride in our state. ~Lou

Dubuque is #1
D-U-B-U-Q-U-E
Down to the Mississippi
A Hybrid Iowa Corn Song
My I-O-W-A
This Town is Your Town
The Old Ham House
Dubuque is Home Sweet Home
Iowa
Song of Dubuque
What's in a Name? - Dubuque Version
My Favorite State
My Own Place
Rollin' on the River
The Redstone
Our Hawkeye Iowa Home
What's in a Name
Old Dan Tucker - Dubuque Version
Welcome to Dubuque
s this Heaven?
Our Iowa Home


dubuquefolklore.jpg
dubuquefolklore.jpg
Dubuque Folklore.... Volume 1 (Published by and permission to use granted by American Trust)


Dubuque Folklore Pages 1-28.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 1-28.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 1-28.pdf


Dubuque Folklore Pages 29-80.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 29-80.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 29-80.pdf


Dubuque Folklore Pages 81-130.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 81-130.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 81-130.pdf


Dubuque Folklore Pages 131-174.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 131-174.pdf
Dubuque Folklore Pages 131-174.pdf




Chapter 1: Where in the World Is Our Community?

FiveFlags.TeacherInfo.pdf
FiveFlags.TeacherInfo.pdf
FiveFlags.TeacherInfo.pdf


Chapter 2: Where in the U.S. Is Our Community?


  • Reading Further...Dubuque's traditions such as Memorial Day and Labor Day Parades, July 4 Fireworks,

Chapter 3: What is the Geography of Our Community?

  • Natural resources of Dubuque area and the Mississippi River being the first "highway"
Natural Resources_Rivers.pdf
Natural Resources_Rivers.pdf
Natural Resources_Rivers.pdf

  • Lead Mining
  • Reading Further...Study of different types of maps.

Chapter 4: How Do People Become Part Of Our Country?

  • History of the Irish and Germans in Dubuque
  • Reading Further...One Immigrant's Story - Carmen Gomez

Chapter 5: What Makes Our Community Diverse?

  • Diverse Cultural Traditions
  • Instruction on foods, activities, cultural events (such as the Farmers Market, both past and present)
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  • This website has information on the Dubuque Farmers Market. Click on the link, find the blue banner and then click on Farmers Market
    Dubuque Main Street
  • Reading Further...Study of Three Native American Tribes. Include Fox and Mesquakie

Chapter 6: What Makes Our Community Diverse?

  • Civic Groups
  • Carnegie Stout Library
  • Reading Further..."Stories of the Mississippi From the Riverbank with Gordie Kilgore #34-37

Chapter 7: How Are People Around The World Alike And Different?


Chapter 8 and 9: How Does Our Economy Work? How Does Global Trade Affect Our Community?

Women at Work.pdf
Women at Work.pdf
Women at Work.pdf
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Interview of Dubuque resident, Emma Bergman on August 29, 1984. Click on the links below to listen to a wonderful story of life, including her working life, in twentieth century Dubuque!

(This interview is the property of the Center for Dubuque History - Loras College and can only be used in class. This interview will work best using Firefox.)
Part One of Interview with Emma (Please allow time to download before playing)

Part Two of Interview with Emma

1940 Census
Click on the link above. Can you find Emma Bergman's name on the Census?
1940 Census Record.jpg
1940 Census Record.jpg

Business and Industry Unit.pdf
Business and Industry Unit.pdf
Business and Industry Unit.pdf
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Chapter 10: What Are The Public Services In Our Community?

  • Police, Fire, Health
  • Parks ----
EaglePoint_UnionPark.pdf
EaglePoint_UnionPark.pdf
EaglePoint_UnionPark.pdf
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  • Transportation ----
Dubuque Transporation Unit.pdf
Dubuque Transporation Unit.pdf
Dubuque Transporation Unit.pdf

Trolley.pdf
Trolley.pdf
Trolley.pdf
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  • Schools of Dubuque ---
Schools on Prezi


Chapter 11: Who Works At City Hall?

City Hall.pdf
City Hall.pdf
City Hall.pdf



Discover Dubuque: A 175th Anniversary Celebration

(Copyright LoPot Productions 2008. Use of this music permitted for classroom only. Please contact Lou or Joey Fautsch for permission to use in other ways at school by emailing loujoey@hotmail.com )

This is a sound track from a show of the same name presented as a celebration of this important Dubuque anniversary. All of the music is original and was written by Lou Fautsch, Bob Dunn, and Paul Brenner. Each song has a Dubuque or river theme connected to it, and all the songs have an easy listening style.

Discover Dubuque
My Dubuque
Riverland
Night Finds the River
Yesterday's Heroes
4th Street Elevator
All America City
Flood of 65
The Dream
Mile Marker 580
8th & Main
Bend In The River
River of Dreams
Midwestern Hearts
Masterpiece On The Mississippi

Discover Dubuque 175th Anniversary Song Lyrics.pdf
Discover Dubuque 175th Anniversary Song Lyrics.pdf
Discover Dubuque 175th Anniversary Song Lyrics.pdf